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Daughter of pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard set for Blue Origin spaceflight

The FAA said Friday it's clipping its astronaut wings because too many people are now launching into space.

By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - The eldest daughter of pioneering U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard is set for a ride to the edg...

Laura Shepard Churchley is one of two honorary, non-paying guest passengers chosen by Blue Origin for its December 11 flight

Laura Shepard Churchley, 74, who was a schoolgirl when her father first streaked into space, was one of six passengers buckled into the cabin of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft as it lifted off from a launch site outside the west Texas town of Van Horn.

The eldest daughter of pioneering U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard took a joyride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos Blue Origin rocketship on Saturday, 60 years after her late fathers famed suborbital NASA flight at the dawn of the Space Age.

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On Dec. 11, 2021, Blue Origin launched former NFL football star and Good Morning America host Michael Strahan to space alongside five crewmates on the New Shepard rocket's NS-19 mission. Strahan launched on a suborbital flight with Laura Shepard Churchley, eldest daughter of famed NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, and paying passengers Dylan Taylor, Evan Dick, Lane Bess and Cameron Bess.See the latest updates of Blue Origin's Michael Strahan launch here.

The FAA said Friday it's clipping its astronaut wings because too many people are now launching into space.

The FAA said Friday it's clipping its astronaut wings because too many people are now launching into space.